De kapsalon in Louisiana van Truvy vormt de centrale locatie van dit melodrama rond zes southern belles. Truvy en Annelle verzorgen dameshaar, terwijl rijke Ouiser Boudreaux en rusteloze Clairee geregeld binnen stappen voor de laatste roddels en het uitwisselen van levenswijsheden. Shelby is een aanstaande bruid die tijdens een bezoekje aan de salon flauwvalt, M'Lynn is haar moeder. Wat begint als een luchtige komedie - of liever: een opeenstapeling van one liners - komt meer in de richting van een tragedie wanneer een lid van het groepje sterft.
Nee, helaas is Steel Magnolias nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Herbert Ross | Director |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Harling | Screenplay |
| Production | Ray Stark | Producer |
| Production | Hank McCann | Casting |
| Art | Gene Callahan | Production Design |
| Art | Edward Pisoni | Production Design |
| Art | Hub Braden | Art Direction |
| Art | Okowita | Art Direction |
| Art | Garrett Lewis | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lee Poll | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Weiss | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shirlee Strahm | Costume Supervisor |
| Writing | Robert Harling | Theatre Play |
| Production | Andrew Stone | Associate Producer |
| Production | Victoria White | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Blair | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen Callaghan | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hallie D'Amore | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Kolar | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leigh Mitchell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Martha Elcan | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Engelman | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Steven Wolff | Set Designer |
| Sound | Tom Bellfort | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Neal Burger | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Scott Martin Gershin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ellen Heuer | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Larry Kemp | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Al Overton Jr. | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Dan M. Rich | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Greg P. Russell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Carolyn Tapp | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Greg Orloff | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Hugo Weng | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michael D. Wilhoit | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Lou Barlia | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Don Reddy | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Mike Moyer | Gaffer |
